With the first set tied at nine, a Emily Ehlers ace serve, two Catherine Rebarchak-Anna Drewry blocks and an OSU error gave Purdue a 13-9 lead. At 16-12, kills from Barhorst and Kaitlyn Leary cut the margin to two at 16-14. Purdue scored the next four points to open a 20-14 lead. At 21-15, a kill by Hole cut the lead to five at 21-16. A Katie Griffin kill, an OSU error and a kill from Turner gave Purdue set point at 24-16. Purdue won the set, 25-16 with a Rebarchak-Drewry block to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Purdue hit .281 for the set to .147 for OSU.

A Leary kill and a Purdue error opened set two with a 2-0 Ohio State lead. A Buckeye error made it 2-1. OSU took a 5-1 lead with a Hole kill and solo block and a Purdue error. At 8-4, blocks from Amanda Peterson and Barhorst and Peterson and Mariah Booth gave OSU a 10-4 lead. Ohio State expanded the lead to eight at 22-14 with a Emily Danks-Booth block. Trailing, 23-15, kills from Rebarchak and Turner cut the lead to six at 23-17. The Buckeyes earned set point at 24-17 with a Danks-Booth block. A Fisher kill stopped the set point at 24-18. The Buckeyes, with a kill from Hole, won the set, 25-18, to tie the match at one set each. OSU hit .367 for the set to .152 for Purdue.

Tied at one in the third set, two consecutive blocks by Rebarchak-Fisher and a solo block from Turner gave the Boilermakers a 3-1 lead. A Leary-Booth block cut the lead to 3-2. An OSU error, two Boilermaker solo blocks by Fisher and Turner and a Rachel Davis kill gave Purdue a 7-2 lead. The Boilermakers expanded the lead to 10 reaching set point at 24-14 with a Valerie Nichol kill. A Barhorst kill and a Purdue error stopped two set points at 24-16. A Kierra Jones kill ended the set at 25-16 for Purdue to give the Boilermakers a 2-1 lead in the match. Purdue hit .414 for the set to .054 for Ohio State.

Purdue broke a 4-4 tie in the fourth set with a Nichol kill and an OSU error for a 6-4 lead. A Barhorst kill made it 6-5. Two OSU errors, a Nichol-Jones block and a Jones solo block gave Purdue a 10-5 lead. The Boilermakers held the lead and reached match point at 24-20 with a Nichol-Jones block. Purdue, with a Nichol kill, won the set, 25-20, to win the match, 3-1. For the set, the Boilermakers hit .281 to .186 for Ohio State.

For the match, Purdue hit .278 to .181 for Ohio State. The Buckeyes had a 53-51 advantage in kills and a 51-45 margin in assists. OSU’s Peterson recorded a match-high 42 assists with Purdue’s Davis collecting 41. The Boilermaker’s had six ace serves to two for OSU with Purdue’s Fisher recording a match-high three. OSU gave up eight service errors to five for the Boilermakers. Defensively, OSU had a 55-52 advantage in digs. Buckeye Sarah Mignin posted a match-high 23 digs with Purdue’s Blair Bashen recording a team-high 16. At the net, the Boilermakers had a 17-8 margin in team blocks. Purdue’s Jones posted a match-high six blocks with a solo and five assist blocks.

Next week, Ohio State will play at No. 9 Penn State (13-5,6-2) at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Rec Hall and host Michigan State (15-5, 4-4) at 7 p.m. Saturday in St. John Arena.